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It's curious why Iceland and Greenland were left out of this Nordic alliance.

Is their lutefisk not good enough?

Isn't Greenland already included in "Denmark"?

And Iceland doesn't even have a military, AFAIR. The country's total population is <400k

There's an ongoing and popular desire to become independent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenlandic_independence

"Cosmetics Billionaire Convinced Trump That the U.S. Should Buy Greenland" (Denmark said "no" and Conan O'Brien visited to find out what went wrong.)

https://visitgreenland.com/articles/conan-obrien-in-greenlan...

Iceland relies on cooperation with the US military for defense:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Keflavik

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_of_Iceland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_Air_Defence_System

As a Dane this appears true on the surface but not when diving deeper. Some in Greenland might desire independence but it has neither the economy nor the willingness to adapt to actually move forward with it.

Greenland has a militarised coastguard as part of their self-governance, but the general defence of Greenland (and the Faroe Islands) is done by the Danish military. More specifically by the Joint Arctic Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Arctic_Command

Wouldn't it be a geographic thing? Can fighter jets even fly from Greenland/Iceland to Norway without refueling?

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